Section 22-142. Legislative finding

It is hereby found and determined that
  the pier properties, heretofore constituting barge canal  terminals  and
  barge  canal lands, in this section hereinafter generally described, are
  no longer necessary or useful for canal or terminal purposes  or  as  an
  aid to navigation thereon:
    The  Greenpoint  terminal,  being  all  that tract, piece or parcel of
  land, situate, lying  and  being  in  the  borough  (formerly  city)  of
  Brooklyn,  county  of  Kings,  city  and  state of New York, bounded and
  described as follows (all bearings being referred to the true meridian):
    Beginning at a point formed by the intersection of the center line  of
  Commercial  street  as established at the time of the acquisition of the
  property herein described by the state of New York between Franklin  and
  West  streets  and the center line of West street, as established at the
  time of the acquisition of the property herein described by the state of
  New York between Dupont and Eagle streets; thence  from  said  point  of
  beginning,  southerly and south-easterly along the aforesaid center line
  of West street, one hundred eighteen and fifty-six hundredths feet to  a
  point  formed by the intersection of said center line of West street and
  a line parallel to the southerly side of Dupont street as laid out  west
  of  West street and distant ninety-five feet southerly therefrom; thence
  along said line eight hundred  fifty-five  and  seventy-five  hundredths
  feet  to  a point in the pierhead line as established at the time of the
  acquisition of the property herein described by the state of New York by
  law; thence northerly, northeasterly and easterly  along  said  pierhead
  line,  one  thousand  sixty-nine  and thirty-two hundredths feet more or
  less to a point where the center line of Blue street as  established  at
  the  time  of  the  acquisition  of the property herein described by the
  state of New York, if extended, would intersect the  aforesaid  pierhead
  line;  thence southerly and southeasterly along said center line of Blue
  street two hundred thirty-seven and twelve hundredths feet to a point in
  the westerly line of lands conveyed by the state of New York to the city
  of New York by letters-patent dated February thirteen, nineteen  hundred
  forty-two;  thence  south  thirty-seven degrees, four minutes, seventeen
  seconds west, along said westerly line of lands conveyed  as  aforesaid,
  one   hundred   fifty-three   and  thirty-two  hundredths  feet;  thence
  continuing along said line of lands conveyed as aforesaid, the following
  several courses to said center  line  of  Commercial  street  aforesaid,
  south seven degrees, eight minutes, forty-three seconds east, thirty-two
  and  thirty-seven  hundredths  feet;  thence  north  eighty-two degrees,
  fifty-one minutes, seventeen  seconds  east,  forty-three  feet;  thence
  south  seven  degrees,  eight minutes, forty-three seconds east, seventy
  feet; thence south  eighty-two  degrees,  fifty-one  minutes,  seventeen
  seconds  west,  forty-three  feet;  thence  south  seven  degrees, eight
  minutes, forty-three seconds  east,  seventy-seven  feet;  thence  south
  fifty degrees, thirteen minutes, forty-eight seconds east, seventy-three
  and  four  hundredths  feet;  thence north eighty-two degrees, fifty-one
  minutes,  seventeen  seconds   east,   seventy-three   and   fifty-three
  hundredths  feet  to a point in said center line of Commercial street as
  aforesaid;  thence  south  fifty-four  degrees,   twenty-five   minutes,
  forty-seven  seconds  west, along said center line of Commercial street,
  seventy-five  and  seventy-eight  hundredths  feet  to  the   point   of
  beginning.
    Being  the same premises appropriated by the state for the barge canal
  terminal at Greenpoint, in the borough of  Brooklyn,  county  of  Kings,
  city  of  New  York, pursuant to the provisions of chapter seven hundred
  forty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred eleven, as  shown  on  map  of
  parcel  number  T-8,  terminal contract number nineteen, approved by the
  canal board on June eight, nineteen hundred twelve and on  file  in  the

  department of transportation of the state of New York, excepting so much
  thereof as was conveyed by the state of New York to the city of New York
  by letters-patent dated February thirteen, nineteen hundred forty-two.
    The  Hallet's  cove  terminal  being all that tract or parcel of land,
  situate, lying and being near the foot of Camelia street, Hallet's cove,
  East River, borough and county of Queens, city and state  of  New  York,
  bounded  and  described  as  follows (all bearings being referred to the
  true meridian):
    Beginning at the point  of  intersection  of  the  northerly  side  of
  Broadway  and  the  pierhead and bulkhead line established by the harbor
  commission in eighteen hundred fifty-seven; thence  running  along  said
  pierhead  and bulkhead line north seventy degrees, nine minutes east two
  hundred seventy-six and twenty-five hundredths feet; thence still  along
  said  line  north  sixty-six  degrees, fourteen minutes east one hundred
  seventy-two and eighty hundredths feet  to  a  point  in  the  southerly
  boundary  line  of lands owned or claimed by John W. Scott; thence along
  said southerly boundary  line  south  fifty  degrees  east  one  hundred
  ninety-five  feet  to  a  point  in  the westerly side of the boulevard;
  thence south twelve degrees, twenty-eight  minutes  west  three  hundred
  forty-seven  and  sixty  hundredths feet to a point in the northwesterly
  boundary line of lands owned or claimed by Peter McKernan; thence  along
  said northwesterly boundary line south seventy-four degrees twenty-three
  minutes west sixty-four and forty-two hundredths feet to the lands owned
  or  claimed  by  T. W. Stevens; thence still south seventy-four degrees,
  twenty-three minutes west seventy-one and eleven hundredths  feet  along
  the  northwesterly  line  of  the last mentioned lands to a point in the
  northerly side of Broadway; thence along  the  said  northerly  side  of
  Broadway  north forty-six degrees, fifty-eight minutes west four hundred
  ninety-four and ninety hundredths feet more or  less  to  the  point  of
  beginning,
    Being  the same premises appropriated by the state for the barge canal
  terminal at Hallet's cove, East river,  borough  of  Queens,  county  of
  Queens,  city  of  New York, pursuant to the provisions of chapter seven
  hundred forty-six of the laws of New York, nineteen hundred  eleven,  as
  amended,  as  shown  on  parcel  number  T-99,  terminal contract number
  forty-five, approved by the canal board on December twenty-one, nineteen
  hundred fourteen, and on file in the department of transportation of the
  state of New York.
    The east 138th street  terminal,  being  all  those  three  tracts  or
  parcels of land situate, lying and being in the 23rd Ward of the borough
  and county of the Bronx, city and state of New York, and being a part of
  section  nine,  block 2339, hereinafter bounded and described as follows
  (all bearings being referred to the easterly side of tenth avenue as the
  meridian, the bearing of which referred to true  north  is  twenty-eight
  degrees,  fifty-nine  minutes,  twenty-seven and thirty-three hundredths
  seconds east):
    (1) Beginning at the point of intersection of  the  westerly  line  of
  Exterior  street  as  at  present laid out and the northerly line of the
  lands of the New York and Harlem railroad company  distant  six  hundred
  eighty-three  and  six  hundredths  feet  from  the  southwest corner of
  Exterior street and east 138th street as at  present  laid  out,  thence
  running  along  the  said northerly boundary line the following bearings
  and  courses  south  forty-seven  degrees,  eight  minutes,  thirty-nine
  seconds  west  thirteen  and  thirteen  hundredths  feet;  thence  south
  forty-eight  degrees,  fifty-four  minutes,  thirty-two   seconds   west
  fifty-two  and  three  hundredths  feet;  thence  south  fifty  degrees,
  forty-three minutes, fifty-two  seconds  west  fifty-three  and  sixteen
  hundredths  feet;  thence  south  fifty-two degrees, fifty-four minutes,

  thirty-two seconds west eight and sixty-one hundredths feet to  a  point
  in  the  pierhead  and bulkhead line of the Harlem river approved by the
  secretary of war in eighteen hundred ninety; thence along  the  pierhead
  and   bulkhead   line  north  twenty-two  degrees,  twenty-six  minutes,
  thirty-five seconds east, seventy-six and fifty  hundredths  feet  to  a
  point;  thence  along  said line north twenty-three degrees, twenty-four
  minutes, three  seconds  west  two  hundred  thirty-four  and  sixty-two
  hundredths feet to a point in the southerly boundary line of lands owned
  or  claimed  by  the Harlem river lumber and woodworking company; thence
  north sixty-three degrees, fifty-five minutes, eleven seconds east,  one
  hundred  seventy-four  and  fifteen hundredths feet along said southerly
  boundary line to a point in the westerly side of Exterior street  as  at
  present laid out; thence south twelve degrees, thirty-seven minutes, ten
  seconds  east,  two hundred eighty-seven and fifty-eight hundredths feet
  along the said  westerly  side  of  Exterior  street  to  the  point  of
  beginning,
    Being  the same premises appropriated by the state for the barge canal
  terminal at East 138th street, Harlem river, in the borough  and  county
  of  Bronx, city of New York, pursuant to the provisions of chapter seven
  hundred forty-six of the laws of New York nineteen  hundred  eleven,  as
  amended,  as  shown  on  map  of  parcel number T-100, terminal contract
  number forty-four, approved by the canal  board  on  December  eighteen,
  nineteen   hundred   fourteen,   and   on  file  in  the  department  of
  transportation of the state of New York.
    (2) Beginning at a point in the westerly side of Exterior street as at
  present laid out and distant three  hundred  twenty-one  and  ninety-one
  hundredths  feet  from  the southwest corner of Exterior street and east
  138th street as at present laid out; thence along the said westerly side
  of Exterior street  south  twelve  degrees,  thirty-seven  minutes,  ten
  seconds  east,  seventy-three and fifty-seven hundredths feet to a point
  in the northerly boundary line of lands owned or claimed by  Bradley  L.
  Eaton  and Vashti G. his wife; thence along said northerly boundary line
  south sixty-three degrees, fifty-five minutes, eleven seconds  west  one
  hundred  seventy-four  and  fifteen  hundredths  feet  to a point in the
  pierhead and bulkhead line approved by the secretary of war in  eighteen
  hundred  ninety;  thence along the said pierhead and bulkhead line north
  twenty-three degrees, twenty-four minutes, three seconds west, sixty-one
  and forty-eight hundredths feet more or less; thence  north  twenty-four
  degrees,   fifty-five  minutes,  fifty  seconds  west,  forty-three  and
  fifty-two hundredths feet more or less along said  pierhead  line  to  a
  point  in  the southerly boundary line of lands owned or claimed by John
  J. Bell; thence north seventy-four degrees,  twelve  minutes,  seventeen
  seconds  east,  one  hundred ninety and sixty-two hundredths feet to the
  point of beginning,
    Being the same premises appropriated by the state for the barge  canal
  terminal at east 138th street, Harlem river, borough of Bronx, county of
  Bronx,  city  of  New  York, pursuant to the provisions of chapter seven
  hundred forty-six of the laws of New York, nineteen hundred  eleven,  as
  amended,  as  shown  on  parcel  number  T-101, terminal contract number
  forty-four, approved by the canal board on December  eighteen,  nineteen
  hundred fourteen, and on file in the department of transportation of the
  state of New York.
    (3) Beginning at a point in the westerly side of Exterior street as at
  present  laid  out  and  distant  one hundred thirty-four and sixty-nine
  hundredths feet southerly from the intersection  of  the  said  westerly
  side  of Exterior street with the southerly side of east 138th street as
  at present laid out; thence running south twelve  degrees,  thirty-seven
  minutes,  ten  seconds  east,  one  hundred  eighty-seven and twenty-two

  hundredths feet more or less along said westerly line of Exterior street
  to a point in the northerly line of lands owned or claimed by the Harlem
  river lumber and woodworking company, thence along  said  boundary  line
  south  seventy-four degrees, twelve minutes, seventeen seconds west, one
  hundred ninety and sixty-two hundredths feet to a point in the  pierhead
  and  bulkhead  line of the Harlem river approved by the secretary of war
  in eighteen hundred ninety; thence running  north  twenty-four  degrees,
  fifty-five  minutes,  fifty  seconds  west,  two  hundred  fifty-one and
  fifty-six hundredths feet more or less to a point in said  line;  thence
  north   twenty-six  degrees,  no  minutes,  twenty-eight  seconds  west,
  thirteen and three hundredths feet more or less to the  intersection  of
  the  southerly  boundary line of land owned or claimed by long dock mill
  and elevator with said pierhead and bulkhead line; thence running  along
  said  southerly  boundary  line south eighty-nine degrees, nine minutes,
  ten seconds east, one hundred thirty-five and fifty hundredths feet more
  or less; thence  south  eighty-nine  degrees,  fifty-five  minutes,  ten
  seconds  east, twenty-two and fifty hundredths feet more or less; thence
  south eighty-eight degrees, five minutes, ten seconds  east,  ninety-six
  and thirty-four hundredths feet more or less to the point of beginning,
    Being  the same premises appropriated by the state for the barge canal
  terminal at east 138th street, Harlem river, borough of Bronx, county of
  Bronx, city of New York, pursuant to the  provisions  of  chapter  seven
  hundred  forty-six  of the laws of New York, nineteen hundred eleven, as
  amended, as shown on  parcel  number  T-102,  terminal  contract  number
  forty-four,  approved  by the canal board on December eighteen, nineteen
  hundred fourteen, and on file in the department of transportation of the
  state of New York.
    The Coenties Slip terminal, being all that tract or  parcel  of  land,
  situate,  lying and being in the borough of Manhattan, city of New York,
  state of New York, bounded and described as follows (all bearings  being
  referred to the meridian of bureau of design and surveys, New York):
    Beginning  at a point distant one hundred twenty-seven and seventy-six
  hundredths feet and south seventy-three degrees, no minutes,  fifty-five
  seconds  east  from  the point of intersection of the northerly building
  line of South street with  the  westerly  building  line  of  (westerly)
  Coenties  Slip,  which  building  lines were determined by the bureau of
  design and surveys, Manhattan and shown  on  their  map  dated  November
  fifteen,   nineteen   hundred  fifteen;  thence  north  thirty  degrees,
  forty-seven  minutes,  nineteen  seconds  east,  two  hundred  ten   and
  sixty-three  hundredths  feet  to a point in a line approximately in the
  center of the slip between piers six and seven, said  line  intersecting
  the  bulkhead  line  at a point fifty-two and twenty-six hundredths feet
  easterly from the easterly  side  of  pier  six,  and  intersecting  the
  pierhead  line  at  a  point  ninety-one  and ninety-one hundredths feet
  easterly from the easterly side of pier  six;  thence  along  said  line
  south sixty-two degrees, twenty-nine minutes, thirty-eight seconds east,
  to a point in the exterior boundary line of lands under water granted to
  the  city  of  New York by the state of New York September twenty-eight,
  eighteen hundred seventy-one; thence southwesterly along  said  exterior
  boundary  line  to  a point in a line approximately in the center of the
  slip between piers four and five, said line  intersecting  the  pierhead
  line  at  a  point  one  hundred eleven and thirty-eight hundredths feet
  westerly from the westerly  side  of  pier  five  and  intersecting  the
  bulkhead  at a point eighty-four and eighty-one hundredths feet westerly
  from the westerly side of  pier  five;  thence  along  said  line  north
  forty-seven  degrees,  fifty-eight  minutes,  nineteen seconds west to a
  point in a line parallel to and  distant  ten  feet  from  the  existing
  bulkhead  line between Broad street and (westerly) Coenties Slip, thence

  along said parallel line north forty-two degrees,  forty-eight  minutes,
  twenty-six  seconds  east,  one  hundred  eighty-eight  and  fifty-seven
  hundredths feet to the point of beginning,
    Being  the same premises appropriated by the state of New York for the
  barge canal terminal in the East river at the foot of Coenties Slip,  in
  the  borough  of Manhattan, city and county of New York, pursuant to the
  provisions of chapter seven hundred forty-six of the laws of  New  York,
  nineteen  hundred  eleven,  as amended, as shown on parcel number T-129,
  terminal contract number fifty-two, approved by the canal board on April
  twenty-four, nineteen hundred sixteen, and on file in the department  of
  transportation of the state of New York.
    The  Pier  ninety-three  at  west  fifty-third  street, being all that
  tract, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in  the  borough
  of Manhattan, city of New York, state of New York, bounded and described
  as follows:
    Beginning  at  a  point  239.5 feet westerly from the easterly side of
  Twelfth  Avenue,  said  point  being  107.92  feet  northerly  from  the
  northerly  side of West 53rd Street produced; thence southerly from said
  point of beginning parallel to  the  easterly  side  of  Twelfth  Avenue
  275.83  feet; thence westerly and parallel to the southerly side of West
  53rd Street produced 760.5 feet,  more  or  less,  to  a  point  in  the
  exterior line of land under water granted to the city of New York by the
  state  of  New  York  in  eighteen hundred seventy-one; thence northerly
  along said exterior line 275.83 feet, more or less, to a point in a line
  parallel to and distant 107.92 feet from the northerly side of West 53rd
  Street produced; thence easterly along said parallel  line  760.5  feet,
  more or less, to the point of beginning, containing 209,771 square feet,
  more  or less, as shown upon a certain map made by the state engineer of
  the state of New York, marked "T-130".
    Being the same premises that were conveyed to the people of the  state
  of  New  York  by  the  city of New York by deed dated February sixteen,
  nineteen hundred seventeen, and recorded, together  with  the  said  map
  marked "T-130", in the New York County Register's office on April seven,
  nineteen hundred seventeen, in liber three thousand two of deeds at page
  two hundred fifty-four.